Betfred,enjoy your games...

Just had a wee run in with Betfred,the massive uk bookie that owns the tote among other things..

I deposited £50 to back Hlamba when placing my bet i got a message saying i can have £4.40 at the price and no more at sp,so i obv cancelled the bet and of course she won...

Then i thought maybe it was maybe just a blip so i tried to have £22 on another horse at Plumpton at 5/2 and was refused the bet... so i decided to contact their live chat below....



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[Robert Brogan] hi,has my account been limited?
[Liam] Hello, welcome to Betfred online Live Support. My name is Liam, how may I help you?
[Liam] May I please have your user name, date of birth, full name and answer to your security question? Thanks!
[Robert Brogan]
[Robert Brogan] 4/2/71
[Robert Brogan] robert brogan
[Robert Brogan] no idea what my security question is
[Liam] the user name is not reconsigned
[Robert Brogan] well im logged and betting on the account now
[Liam] whats the pf niber on the top of the home page
[Liam] number*
[Robert Brogan] PF56****
[Liam] sorry the user name is fine
[Liam] thats really strange
[Liam] unfortunately as a traders decision your bets are restricted
[Robert Brogan] tried to have £22 on a 5/2 shot last race at plumton,system refused the bet,then offered me a lower amount then when i accepted it never took the bet
[Robert Brogan] the reason being?
[Robert Brogan] Its definately not for winning too much
[Robert Brogan] are you there Liam?
[Liam]

they have informed me that there are high restrictions placed on your account

The restrictions on the account are purely a business/trading decision, and that they cannot elaborate any further.

[Robert Brogan] you must be really embarrassed working for this mob,thanks for your help
[Robert Brogan] www.africanbettingclan.com
[Liam] Thank you for contacting Betfred! Enjoy the rest of your day and good luck with your games. If you require further assistance, please do not hesitate to contact us. Our team is available 24 hours every day!
[Robert Brogan] games? i thought i had signed up to a bookmaking site

these is the disgrace now the bookmaker he no take a bet to loose 50 pound? what the joke

Funny thing is i have hardly had a bet for weeks/months and i`m definately not a winning punter.

It`s about time i chucked it all together and stick to watching only..

i do no under stand why a bookie will no lay 50 pound i no care who you are even omar shariff my god 50 pounds what is use of bookie if he no lay bets

Surely there are plenty bookies. What does he mean by enjoy your games.cheeky bastard. Wee ploeky Liam.

Robots Bob we are dealing with robots
Shocking, I hope u send this link on to the head robot

onyerway Wrote:

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> Surely there are plenty bookies. What does he mean
> by enjoy your games.cheeky bastard. Wee ploeky
> Liam.


Stan James closed me down as well,i had 2 bets with them both losers

One of them was the Goosen horse that opened 33/1 and returned 2/1 about 2 months ago.. so i can sort of under stand that.



they also stopped offering prices for south african racing after that race ..

Onyerway i think they just want punters to do their cash in the casino games

I keep asking all you blokes in the UK ...............why don't you bet with the exchanges?...............I am really confused...........it's almost like you enjoy the aggravation!

this just illustrates how fortunate we r here in sa...regarding bookies and stretches....i was told about 5 years ago when overseas ,to go fcuk off when i asked for 28/10 off a 5/2 horse on course....here if i didnt get it...i will get the needle with the bookie ......i know some will argue with me that the bookies here are already betting to 130/140%...so they r giving u something back which should have been yours in the first place.....but that aside.....i see u can get that and more of a stretch on interbet,,,even when they are betting to 110%....also on the exchanges every point is like..1.1....then 1.11...then 1.12....assuming 1.1 represents 11/10....we ask here for 12/10 on interbet....we r spoilt here...mind u the thought process of the bookie that was screwing us earlier....still is happy to give us this generous stretches today

rob faux Wrote:

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> I keep asking all you blokes in the UK
> ...............why don't you bet with the
> exchanges?...............I am really
> confused...........it's almost like you enjoy the
> aggravation!


value Rob there wasn`t £50 available on hlamba at the price i wanted on betfair

Bob, are you new to this??? DTF has been given accurate stories for months now.

To name but one other who actually closed my account, didn't bother with restrictions, just shut it down on all markets... Stan James. They were good enough to give me a reason though unlike most others... we can't see ourselves making a profit out of you.

I thought the idea of gambling was some you win, some you lose :S

They are killing the game, people are starting to learn that you can only punt to lose and only then if they expect you to lose.

Rob... I have said before, Betfair is not what it once was. For SA races, their prices are often below sp until two minutes before the off, then usually around sp and very limited in the amount you can bet. When you are not interested in a card, have a look at Betfair through the day, it might surprise you how poor it has become relative to what it once was. And they too have seemingly been taken over by the robots.

Rob, sorry, the other point with Betfair, as I sort of just indicated, is you can't get early prices on the exchanges or do multiples... you can on their normal bookies markets (hugely restricted of course). With markets as volatile as they are in SA, getting the price can make a huge difference. Just as a losing example rather than an arm example lol, I liked Space Girl in the last today and got 50s early this morning, obviously much better than the sp of 14s or whatever it ended up.